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To write a Precis,(273) you must list the main idea or details from each stanza. Then you combine each of these in a short summary that has a beginning, middle and end. Precis - a concise abridgment or a brief summary of a longer work.
Second Semester
1/4/07
The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe page 312
With a partner, answer the 1st three “Check Your Comprehension” q’s & “Critical Thinking” 1,2. 1/9/07
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Write ½ page in answer to the question described by the Journal Writing assignment on page 363 Or
Describe wh
at Emerson might have meant by saying that
“Good men must not obey the laws too well”.
Is there ever a time when someone should break the laws? If so, what laws and why?
Background on page 363.
Read from Nature on page 365. 1/11/07
2. Review Emmerson’s ideas presented in Nature, Self-Reliance.
Nature
Society
Conformity
Many great people are misunderstood. Why?
3. In groups, answer the following:
Transcendentalism is a uniquely American philosophy. What aspects of today’s American culture (religion, television, music, entertainment, or sports) reflect Emerson’s belief in self-reliance?
Hint: Think of group vs. individuals
4. Discuss.
5. Role play a situation where conformity is good/bad.
To write a Precis,(273) you must list the main idea or details from each stanza. Then you combine each of these in a short summary that has a beginning, middle and end. Precis - a concise abridgment or a brief summary of a longer work.
Second Semester
1/4/07The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe page 312
With a partner, answer the 1st three “Check Your Comprehension” q’s & “Critical Thinking” 1,2.
1/9/07
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Write ½ page in answer to the question described by the Journal Writing assignment on page 363Or
Describe wh
at Emerson might have meant by saying that
“Good men must not obey the laws too well”.
Is there ever a time when someone should break the laws? If so, what laws and why?
Background on page 363.
Read from Nature on page 365.
1/11/07
2. Review Emmerson’s ideas presented in Nature, Self-Reliance.
Nature
Society
Conformity
Many great people are misunderstood. Why?
3. In groups, answer the following:
Transcendentalism is a uniquely American philosophy. What aspects of today’s American culture (religion, television, music, entertainment, or sports) reflect Emerson’s belief in self-reliance?
Hint: Think of group vs. individuals
4. Discuss.
5. Role play a situation where conformity is good/bad.